Inheritance of acquired characteristics
What mechanism of evolution was proposed by Lamarck?
asexual reproduction
Give a notable circumstance about the biology of some animals that renders reproductive compatibility an unworkable scheme for distinguishing species
Directional selection
This type of selection involves a change in the environment so that a different phenotype level is more favored now than it was before the change
Punctual equilibrium
Contrary to gradualism, this evolutionary process involves long periods of constancy in a species that are broken by periods of rapid evolutionary change
B
This is a tentative explanation for the underlying nature of a phenomenon, and this explanation requires verification through vigorous experimentation
A) Paradigm
B) Hypothesis
C) Theory
D) Law
C
This mechanism of evolution depends on chance events (or sampling error) to produce changes in allele abundances (genetic makeup) in a population
A) Natural selection
B) Sexual selection
C) Genetic drift
D) A & B
A
Allopatric speciation needs this event for populations to diverge from one another
A) A geographic barrier
B) A genetic accident
C) Disruptive selection
D) B & C
C
This term means that a population contains two or more alleles for a particular gene
A) Polyandry
B) Heterotropism
C) Polymorphism
D) Hetereoploidy
D
The Principle of Uniformitarianism was first applied to this area of study by Lyell
A) Math
B) Religion
C) Genetics
D) Geology
C
Which biologist is credited with the idea of punctuated equilibrium?
A) Darwin
B) Malthus
C) Gould
D) Lamarck
A
In natural selection, an organism's ability to survive and reproduce is tied to this property
A) Its phenotype
B) Its appeal to mates
C) Luck at avoiding disaster
Keystone species
This term is given to a member of a community when its presence is so essential to a community that its absence drastically changes the entire community
C
This concept considers the ways an animal uses its environment and its interactions in that environment
A) Deme
B) Guild
C) Niche
D) Productivity
D
This amount of food energy is used to support growth and reproduction within a trophic level
A) 50 %
B) 30 %
C) 20 %
D) 10 %
C
This term is given to parasites that occupy the body surface
A) Protoparasites
B) Mesoparasites
C) Ectoparasites
D) Epiparasites
B
This ecological unit joins a community with its physical environment
A) Deme
B) Ecosystem
C) Biosphere
D) None of these
A
This phenomenon involves an animal bearing a potent defense also having special warning colors to deter predators
A) Aposomatic coloration
B) Character displacement
C) Crypsis
D) None of these
B
Which type of population growth leads to rapid ever increasing numbers in a population?
A) Logistic
B) Exponential
C) Quadratic
D) Inferential
C
Which survivorship curve shows very high mortality among young individuals vs mature individuals?
A) Type C
B) Type E
C) Type III
D) Type II
B
This term describes organisms that reproduce more than one time during their lifetimes
A) Homeoparity
B) Iteroparity
C) Heteroparity
D) Semelparity
Stomach
Many echinoderms can evert this organ during feeding
A
Which feature existed early in echinoderm evolution but is no longer seen in their adult forms?
A) Bilateral symmetry
B) Notochord
C) Mouth
D) All are true
D
Which is a function of the water vascular system in Asteroidea?
A) Locomotion
B) Respiration
C) Excretion
D) All are true
Jaw
Gnathostomes are named because they have evolved this anatomical feature
Thyroid
The endostyle gives rise to this gland
A
Which chordate feature is retained in the body plan of adult sea squirts? (Ascidians)
A) Pharyngeal slits
B) Notochord
C) Postanal tail
D) None of these
C
What job is done by the ampullae of Lorenzini?
A) Vision
B) Olfaction
C) Electroreception
D) A&B
B
This is the bony covering over the gill chamber of fish in the Actinopterygii
A) Ventricle
B) Operculum
C) Atrium
D) Bladder
Pulmonary circulation
This name is given to the route of circulation that takes blood to the lungs
Pectoralis muscle
This muscle is the main depressor (downstroke) of bird wings
Passeniformes
Name the largest order of birds
A
This heart chamber type pumps blood out of the heart into the major vessel circuits
A) Ventricle
B) Atrium
C) Pelvis
D) Sinus
B
What special alteration is seen with the bones of birds?
A) Silicon based
B) Pneumatized
C) All cartilage makeup
D) None of these
C
Which skull type was found in the bird ancestors (it is less apparent in modern birds)?
A) Anapsid
B) Synapsid
C) Diapsid
D) Polyapsid
B
What bones have fused in birds to give the furcula?
A) Vertebrae
B) Clavicles
C) Ribs
D) Phalanges
D
This feature is universally present in extant bird species
A) Endothermy
B) Feathers
C) Four chambered hearts
D) All of these
C
This letter ending is given to the bird order names
A) -zontida
B) -oidea
C) -formes
D) None of these
C
Which material forms (and hardens) bird beaks?
A) Bone
B) Cartilage
C) Keratin
D) Silicon
B
Which relationship is true in birds?
A) Large birds have faster heart rates
B) Small birds have faster heart rates
C) Size does not affect heart rates
Demospongiae
Which class of sponge has the most species?
Nematocyst
This name is given to the special stinging organelle of Cnidaria
Gastrovascular cavity
What name is given to the internal cavity system in the bodies of Cnidaria?
B
This is a special dormancy structure that is used by some sponges to endure harsh conditions
A) Parenchymula
B) Gemmule
C) Spongocoel
D) None of these
A
Which composition type is seen with the spicules of many sponges?
A) Silicon based
B) Iron based
C) Copper based
D) Zinc based
C
This complex body plan is characteristic of large bodied sponges
A) Asconoid
B) Syconoid
C) Leuconoid
D) Policonoid
C
What name is given to the umbrella shaped body form seen in cnidarians
A) Planula
B) Polyp
C) Medusa
D) Morula
B
How many principal tissue types are seen in the embryos of cnidarians?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
A
What name is given to the middle gelatinous layer of cnidarians?
A) Mesoglea
B) Mesoderm
C) Mesohyl
D) Morula
B
Portugese man of war belongs to this cnidarian class
A) Scyphozoa
B) Hydrozoa
C) Anthozoa
D) Cubozoa
B
Cnidaria is given its name because its members possess this key feature
A) They are monoecious
B) They have a special cell type
C) A unique embryo type
D) None of these
Colloblasts
What special cells are used by members of ctenophora to capture prey?
red algae
What symbiotic organisms are lost by coral when they experience bleaching?
Cestoda
Tapeworms are paced in this class of Platyhelminthes
A
Which classes in Platyhelminthes have a standard cellular epidermis?
A) Turbellaria
B) Trematoda
C) Cestoda
D) A & B
D
Which classes in Platyhelminthes have digestive tract in their bodies?
A) Turbellaria
B) Trematoda
C) Cestoda
D) A & B
D
This class in Cnidaria has no members that are known to display the medusa stage
A) Hydrozoa
B) Scyphozoa
C) Cubozoa
D) Anthozoa
C
How many primary germ layers are found in the Platyhelminthes?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
A
Flame cells are part of this body system in Platyhelminthes
A) Excretion/Osmoregulation
B) Circulatory
C) Digestive
D) Nervous
A
Members of this class in Platyhelminthes are rarely parasites
A) Turbellaria
B) Trematoda
C) Cestoda
D) A & B
D
This term is used to describe parasites that live inside the bodies of animals
A) Epiparasites
B) Ectoparasites
C) Hypoparasites
D) None of these
A
Coral reef bleaching is principally tied to this environmental change
A) Changes in temperature
B) Changes in salinity
C) Changes in oxygen
Priapulida
This small phylum of marine worms has body fluids containing hemerythrin
Hookworms
This species of nematoda parasite (common name) has larvae living in the soil and burrowing through the skin of unsuspecting hosts in order to enter the blood flow and go to the lungs
Flagella
What organelle feature is missing from the spermatozoa of nematodes that all other animal spermatozoa possess?
D
What is the main job of hemerythrin?
A) Defense against predators
B) Molting hormone
C) Parasitize nervous system
D) None of these
C
Which life history attribute is seen with the juveniles of the Nematomorpha (horsehair worms)?
A) Free-living
B) Parasitize digestive organs
C) Parasitize nervous system
D) None of these
C
Which organ is the normal site of residence for adult Ascaris lumbricodes?
A) Liver
B) Stomach
C) Intestine
D) Lung
C
This feature is missing from the body composition of nearly all leeches
A) Digestive system
B) Clitellum
C) Setae
D) Body segments
A
What is the primary function of the clitellum
A) Reproduction
B) Locomotion
C) Blood flow
D) Nutrient Processing
D
Chloragogen tissue is associated with this body system in the Oligochaeta
A) Nervous
B) Circulatory
C) Integmuent
D) Digestive
B
This movement dynamic is used by oligochaetes as they move through the environment
A) Saltation
B) Peristalsis
C) Diuresis
D) Plasmolysis
Inheritance of acquired characteristics
What mechanism of evolution was proposed by Lamarck?
asexual reproduction
Give a notable circumstance about the biology of some animals that renders reproductive compatibility an unworkable scheme for distinguishing species
Directional selection
This type of selection involves a change in the environment so that a different phenotype level is more favored now than it was before the change
Punctual equilibrium
Contrary to gradualism, this evolutionary process involves long periods of constancy in a species that are broken by periods of rapid evolutionary change
B
This is a tentative explanation for the underlying nature of a phenomenon, and this explanation requires verification through vigorous experimentation
A) Paradigm
B) Hypothesis
C) Theory
D) Law
C
This mechanism of evolution depends on chance events (or sampling error) to produce changes in allele abundances (genetic makeup) in a population
A) Natural selection
B) Sexual selection
C) Genetic drift
D) A & B
A
Allopatric speciation needs this event for populations to diverge from one another
A) A geographic barrier
B) A genetic accident
C) Disruptive selection
D) B & C
C
This term means that a population contains two or more alleles for a particular gene
A) Polyandry
B) Heterotropism
C) Polymorphism
D) Hetereoploidy
D
The Principle of Uniformitarianism was first applied to this area of study by Lyell
A) Math
B) Religion
C) Genetics
D) Geology
C
Which biologist is credited with the idea of punctuated equilibrium?
A) Darwin
B) Malthus
C) Gould
D) Lamarck
A
In natural selection, an organism's ability to survive and reproduce is tied to this property
A) Its phenotype
B) Its appeal to mates
C) Luck at avoiding disaster
Keystone species
This term is given to a member of a community when its presence is so essential to a community that its absence drastically changes the entire community
C
This concept considers the ways an animal uses its environment and its interactions in that environment
A) Deme
B) Guild
C) Niche
D) Productivity
D
This amount of food energy is used to support growth and reproduction within a trophic level
A) 50 %
B) 30 %
C) 20 %
D) 10 %
C
This term is given to parasites that occupy the body surface
A) Protoparasites
B) Mesoparasites
C) Ectoparasites
D) Epiparasites
B
This ecological unit joins a community with its physical environment
A) Deme
B) Ecosystem
C) Biosphere
D) None of these
A
This phenomenon involves an animal bearing a potent defense also having special warning colors to deter predators
A) Aposomatic coloration
B) Character displacement
C) Crypsis
D) None of these
B
Which type of population growth leads to rapid ever increasing numbers in a population?
A) Logistic
B) Exponential
C) Quadratic
D) Inferential
C
Which survivorship curve shows very high mortality among young individuals vs mature individuals?
A) Type C
B) Type E
C) Type III
D) Type II
B
This term describes organisms that reproduce more than one time during their lifetimes
A) Homeoparity
B) Iteroparity
C) Heteroparity
D) Semelparity
Stomach
Many echinoderms can evert this organ during feeding
A
Which feature existed early in echinoderm evolution but is no longer seen in their adult forms?
A) Bilateral symmetry
B) Notochord
C) Mouth
D) All are true
D
Which is a function of the water vascular system in Asteroidea?
A) Locomotion
B) Respiration
C) Excretion
D) All are true
Jaw
Gnathostomes are named because they have evolved this anatomical feature
Thyroid
The endostyle gives rise to this gland
A
Which chordate feature is retained in the body plan of adult sea squirts? (Ascidians)
A) Pharyngeal slits
B) Notochord
C) Postanal tail
D) None of these
C
What job is done by the ampullae of Lorenzini?
A) Vision
B) Olfaction
C) Electroreception
D) A&B
B
This is the bony covering over the gill chamber of fish in the Actinopterygii
A) Ventricle
B) Operculum
C) Atrium
D) Bladder
Pulmonary circulation
This name is given to the route of circulation that takes blood to the lungs
Pectoralis muscle
This muscle is the main depressor (downstroke) of bird wings
Passeniformes
Name the largest order of birds
A
This heart chamber type pumps blood out of the heart into the major vessel circuits
A) Ventricle
B) Atrium
C) Pelvis
D) Sinus
B
What special alteration is seen with the bones of birds?
A) Silicon based
B) Pneumatized
C) All cartilage makeup
D) None of these
C
Which skull type was found in the bird ancestors (it is less apparent in modern birds)?
A) Anapsid
B) Synapsid
C) Diapsid
D) Polyapsid
B
What bones have fused in birds to give the furcula?
A) Vertebrae
B) Clavicles
C) Ribs
D) Phalanges
D
This feature is universally present in extant bird species
A) Endothermy
B) Feathers
C) Four chambered hearts
D) All of these
C
This letter ending is given to the bird order names
A) -zontida
B) -oidea
C) -formes
D) None of these
C
Which material forms (and hardens) bird beaks?
A) Bone
B) Cartilage
C) Keratin
D) Silicon
B
Which relationship is true in birds?
A) Large birds have faster heart rates
B) Small birds have faster heart rates
C) Size does not affect heart rates
Demospongiae
Which class of sponge has the most species?
Nematocyst
This name is given to the special stinging organelle of Cnidaria
Gastrovascular cavity
What name is given to the internal cavity system in the bodies of Cnidaria?
B
This is a special dormancy structure that is used by some sponges to endure harsh conditions
A) Parenchymula
B) Gemmule
C) Spongocoel
D) None of these
A
Which composition type is seen with the spicules of many sponges?
A) Silicon based
B) Iron based
C) Copper based
D) Zinc based
C
This complex body plan is characteristic of large bodied sponges
A) Asconoid
B) Syconoid
C) Leuconoid
D) Policonoid
C
What name is given to the umbrella shaped body form seen in cnidarians
A) Planula
B) Polyp
C) Medusa
D) Morula
B
How many principal tissue types are seen in the embryos of cnidarians?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
A
What name is given to the middle gelatinous layer of cnidarians?
A) Mesoglea
B) Mesoderm
C) Mesohyl
D) Morula
B
Portugese man of war belongs to this cnidarian class
A) Scyphozoa
B) Hydrozoa
C) Anthozoa
D) Cubozoa
B
Cnidaria is given its name because its members possess this key feature
A) They are monoecious
B) They have a special cell type
C) A unique embryo type
D) None of these
Colloblasts
What special cells are used by members of ctenophora to capture prey?
red algae
What symbiotic organisms are lost by coral when they experience bleaching?
Cestoda
Tapeworms are paced in this class of Platyhelminthes
A
Which classes in Platyhelminthes have a standard cellular epidermis?
A) Turbellaria
B) Trematoda
C) Cestoda
D) A & B
D
Which classes in Platyhelminthes have digestive tract in their bodies?
A) Turbellaria
B) Trematoda
C) Cestoda
D) A & B
D
This class in Cnidaria has no members that are known to display the medusa stage
A) Hydrozoa
B) Scyphozoa
C) Cubozoa
D) Anthozoa
C
How many primary germ layers are found in the Platyhelminthes?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
A
Flame cells are part of this body system in Platyhelminthes
A) Excretion/Osmoregulation
B) Circulatory
C) Digestive
D) Nervous
A
Members of this class in Platyhelminthes are rarely parasites
A) Turbellaria
B) Trematoda
C) Cestoda
D) A & B
D
This term is used to describe parasites that live inside the bodies of animals
A) Epiparasites
B) Ectoparasites
C) Hypoparasites
D) None of these
A
Coral reef bleaching is principally tied to this environmental change
A) Changes in temperature
B) Changes in salinity
C) Changes in oxygen
Priapulida
This small phylum of marine worms has body fluids containing hemerythrin
Hookworms
This species of nematoda parasite (common name) has larvae living in the soil and burrowing through the skin of unsuspecting hosts in order to enter the blood flow and go to the lungs
Flagella
What organelle feature is missing from the spermatozoa of nematodes that all other animal spermatozoa possess?
D
What is the main job of hemerythrin?
A) Defense against predators
B) Molting hormone
C) Parasitize nervous system
D) None of these
C
Which life history attribute is seen with the juveniles of the Nematomorpha (horsehair worms)?
A) Free-living
B) Parasitize digestive organs
C) Parasitize nervous system
D) None of these
C
Which organ is the normal site of residence for adult Ascaris lumbricodes?
A) Liver
B) Stomach
C) Intestine
D) Lung
C
This feature is missing from the body composition of nearly all leeches
A) Digestive system
B) Clitellum
C) Setae
D) Body segments
A
What is the primary function of the clitellum
A) Reproduction
B) Locomotion
C) Blood flow
D) Nutrient Processing
D
Chloragogen tissue is associated with this body system in the Oligochaeta
A) Nervous
B) Circulatory
C) Integmuent
D) Digestive
B
This movement dynamic is used by oligochaetes as they move through the environment
A) Saltation
B) Peristalsis
C) Diuresis
D) Plasmolysis